>From all the comments over the past few years I know that David's comment is true. But I have always wondered "WHY?". What changed to make the rudder position sensor essential?
Over the years I've had an Autohelm tillerpilot (800 I think) on a 27 and a Raymarine 1000 tillerpilot on my 25 with tiller steering. A Raymarine 3000 belt driven wheel pilot. And there is a Navico 5000 wheel pilot on my 38 (I'm sure it isn't older than dirt, but it is almost older than plastic). None of these has a wheel sensor - relying only on heading information from the fluxgate compass built into them to steer the boat. All of them worked well. The Navico took a bit of adjustment to the settings to optimize performance (I suspect the PO had never set it up since the wheel lock to lock setting was the default and not the proper number for the boat), but once set up the wheelpilot will steer the boat for miles and miles without a variance from the desired heading of over a degree or two. So what has changed with the newer autopilots to make the rudder position sensor so important? Rick Brass Imzadi C&C 38 mk 2 la Belle Aurore C&C 25 mk1 Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of David via CnC-List Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 6:52 PM To: CNC CNC <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: David <davidrisc...@msn.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Autopilot Recommendations Without the rudder position indicator the auto pilot is flying blind. It does not have a key component that allows them to do their job well. David F. Risch 1981 40-2 (401) 419-4650 (cell) _____ Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 19:33:10 -0700 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Autopilot Recommendations From: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> CC: svpegasu...@gmail.com <mailto:svpegasu...@gmail.com> I had to get auto pilot because my cat refuses to take the helm. So I got the Raymarine X10 with linear drive and a St70 control head. Thinking I should add a rudder transducer... am thinking this will lessen the constant adjustments from the pilot. What is your opinion Fred? Doug Mountjoy svPegasus LF38 just west of Ballard, WA. _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com <mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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